Comment by deathanatos

I got this from Gemini:

> Gemini:

> JSON: In JSON, double quotes are used to delimit strings. If a double quote needs to be included within the string itself, it's escaped by doubling it (e.g., `"This is a string with a "quote" in it."`).

(And, just an editorial note: there are no backslashes in Gemin's response / HN is displaying it correctly. Gemini's response is nonsense — wrong, but also not even internally consistent.)

> Me:

> Does your JSON example parse as valid JSON?

> Gemini:

> Yes, the JSON example I provided ("This is a string with a "quote" in it.") is actually valid JSON.

> The reason it's valid is because the doubled quote within the string is interpreted as an escaped character, representing a single literal quote within the string itself. The JSON parser recognizes the double quotes at the beginning and end as delimiters for the entire string, not the escaped quote within.

(Its example, is, of course, quite malformed.)